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Kerry’s Tips on U.S. News: 8 Great Part-Time Jobs for Retirees

June 21, 2013 kerry

Supplement your retirement income Sixty percent of workers over age 60 plan to look for a new job after retirement, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.…

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7 Tips For Breadwinner Wives Feeling The Strain

June 20, 2013 kerry

This past weekend, two close friends visited my husband and me at our Virginia countryside cottage. This married couple is roughly our age – 50s – and, like us, don’t…

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Is Teleworking Right for You?

June 9, 2013 kerry

The appeal of working from home, be it full time or part time, is easy to understand. Telecommuting employees are happier and more loyal, and they have fewer unscheduled absences,…

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Has Your Credit Report Cost You A Job?

June 7, 2013 kerry

The job market has been tough for older workers, but did you ever imagine that you wouldn’t land a job because of your credit report? It’s possible. As I wrote…

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Women Retire Earlier Than Men, But Don’t Have To

May 30, 2013 kerry

I’m surrounded daily by boomer women who are working full-time or part-time, volunteering, starting businesses and taking courses online as well as at community colleges. They’re engaged, working hard —…

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Working in Retirement: How to Be a Patient Advocate

May 29, 2013 kerry

This week, I received an email from a friend who has been caring for his ailing mother. Here’s what he wrote: “I feel very good about what I’ve been able…

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The Perils of Working From Home

May 21, 2013 kerry

Earlier in my career as a journalist, I worked in an office. For nearly two decades, I trudged in every day and never did my job from home unless I…

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Making a Move Abroad, and Working There, Too

May 19, 2013 kerry

WHEN Patrice Wynne shuttered her independent bookstore, Gaia, in Berkeley, Calif., and retired, she knew three things. She wanted to move to a place where she could slow down the…

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3 Ways Women Can Get Paid More at Work

May 17, 2013 kerry

Does it bum you out that women who work full time make 77 cents for every dollar a man is paid, on average? At 52, I’ve been grappling with this…

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Why You Need To Love Your Job More

May 16, 2013 kerry

What’s love got to do with your job? Apparently, quite a bit. I just read the new book, Love 2.0: How Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do and…